The United States Department of Justice and Providence Public School District entered into a new settlement agreement regarding services for multilingual learners on Wednesday.
A nearly decade-long debate over where the Rhode Island Public Transport Authority should construct its new bus hub may come to a close as early as the end of the month. But many questions — including how much the hub will cost and what complications might be associated with its cost — may ...
Most of the tens of thousands of travelers that pass through Terminal 3 of London’s Heathrow Airport every day are just there to catch a flight. But the place has become a favorite for Sami Muduroglu ’26 as a frequent waystation on his journeys to meet Li-Anne Soo ’26, his girlfriend of one year ...
In 1998, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci, Jr. signed a friendship pact with Leonardo Domenici, then-mayor of Florence, Italy. To celebrate this pact, Cianci commissioned Joyce Acciaioli Rudge to put on the first Splendor of Florence Festival, 25 years ago.
Two new rulings by the Rhode Island Superior Court mean that the city will be required to provide additional funding to the Providence Public School District. The rulings follow a case brought by the city against the state Department of Education.
Later this month, Brown Investment Group will host an investment competition sponsored by New York-based investment manager Silver Beech.
Brown is facing a structural budget deficit driven by the University's efforts to reposition as a leading research institution rather than a liberal arts college model, administrators explained at Tuesday’s faculty meeting.
After last month’s decision not to implement a one-time 5% faculty salary increase, University administration continued to face backlash at Tuesday’s faculty meeting.
Before dropping out of the race in July, President Joe Biden faced few direct challengers to his 2024 presidential nomination. Among the few longshot contenders was Brown alum and Rep. Dean Phillips ’91 (D-M.N.), who cited the need for a new generation of Democratic leadership when announcing his ...
Last Friday, union representatives from Teamsters Local 251 and United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island picketed on Waterman Street in support of shuttle drivers and dining, library and facilities staff. The groups are currently under contract negotiations with private shuttle operator Transdev ...
Since joining the Brown Arts Institute in 2020, Avery Willis Hoffman braved COVID-19, shepherded the creation of the Lindemann Performing Arts Center and taught numerous courses. She has now decided to leave College Hill.
Jan Tullis, an accomplished and beloved professor emerita in the University’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, died Sept. 15 at the age of 81.
In the 2024 presidential election, almost eleven thousand Rhode Islanders cast their ballots for third-party candidates. Third-party voters The Herald spoke to said what many Americans are feeling: they have grown disillusioned with a two-party system and are looking for new representation.
When Alex Adams first became involved with the Special Olympics Rhode Island, they recalled feeling “very shy” because they “didn’t know many people.”
President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 vowed in March to seek public input from Brown community members on the use of familial preferences in admissions. Eight months later, she has only solicited input via the Brown Alumni Magazine, which is distributed to alumni, staff, faculty and parents ...
The program will welcome its first cohort in Sept. 2025.
Five students will be admitted to the program’s inaugural cohort for the 2025-26 academic year.
The Problem-Solving Fellows help STEM professors, teaching assistants and tutors reflect on their teaching.
After seven months of bargaining with private shuttle operator Transdev, shuttle drivers at Brown, the Rhode Island School of Design and Rhode Island College could go on strike next week if an agreement is not reached by their next bargaining session on Nov. 12.
On Thursday evening, Providence City Council approved an agreement for Brown University Health — previously Lifespan — to pay $1.5 million in lieu of taxes to the city, an agreement commonly abbreviated as PILOT. The motion passed 12-2.
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